Snow Day in C.A.!

It snowed in sunny Florida today!  At least it did during our enrichment class.  We had fun designing snowflakes, constructing snowmen, learning more about the water cycle, writing about snowy habitats, and took a closer look at some snowflakes (Insta-Snow that is!).

Re-elect Me!

It's Presidential!

What we're working on these days!

Science Fair Fun!

Congratulations fourth and fifth graders!  You completed your first science fair!  I am so proud of your scientific thinking and presentation skills.  Way to go!

Best Overall: Michael Hawkins Alexandre

Best Presentation: a tie between Pierce Jackson and Collin Barber

Most Scientific: Rohan Davidi

Most innovative: a tie between River Frazier and Max Bussey/Drew Cashin

Most Helpful to Others: Lainie Henry and Anabelle Peoples

Green Team Go!

Way to go Green Team!  My fourth and fifth grade students recycle hundreds of pounds of paper, metal, glass, and plastic each month for the students, faculty, and staff of Gilchrist.  What a difference you make!

Bubble Popping and Apple Dunking!

 My fourth grade students were POPPING with ideas during our bubble gum experiment!

 They tested bubble sizes and stretchability between two brands of gum.

There wasn't a bad apple in the bunch in our fifth grade class while we experimented with apples.  We also dissected apples with our 3rd grade science buddies!

It's a Mystery!

Today we used our sense of touch to observe a variety of items in some mystery bags.  The students did a great job using their skills to decide what these six bags contained.  We got to see that scientist can't always use all of their senses to draw conclusions.  It was frustrating at times the mini scientists said, but also a lot of fun!